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At the Globe's Working Mothers Summit, economist Emily Oster talks about translating data for better parenting choices - "The current environment often makes us feel that every interaction with our child is an opportunity to ruin them," she said.

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Mike Vernon, who helped spark the British blues boom, dies at 81

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